While Europe maintains its leading position in inward and outward Foreign Direct Investment, there are convincing indications that it is losing some of its attractiveness as an investment location. European firms remain the most important global investors and, increasingly, investments in...

This is the Executive Summary of the final report from a study conducted by ICF International, supported by CE Delft, on behalf of the European Commission Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry (DG ENTR). It provides a consolidated summary of the key conclusions from an analysis of...

This final report contains a description of the drafting process and status towards adoption of measurement procedures for heavy-duty hybrids as part of gtr No.4. Following topics are addressed: Process and various meetings in relation to heavy-duty hybrid measurement procedures ; Outlook The...

The work for this study is carried out by research institute TNO in accordance with specific contract SI2.675842, titled 'Heavy-duty Hybrid Vehicles. Elaboration of a Global Technical Regulation setting out the requirements for the measurement of the pollutants from heavy-duty hybrid vehicles'...

This report sets out the findings of the evaluation of European SME Week 2009-12, which was carried out in the period October 2013 - May 2014 by the Technopolis Group. European SME Week has taken place since 2009 and is designed as a yearly campaign to promote and support entrepreneurship across...

The goal of the study is to determine what has been done so far by Member States and to understand the perspectives and points of view of the main stakeholders on the implementation of the ICT Directive. The study focuses on three topics: - General licences; - The certification process; - Ex-...

Tourism is a key sector of the European economy. It generates more than 5% of the EU GDP, with around 1,8 million enterprises employing 5,2% of the total labor force. Tourism comprises a wide variety of products and destinations involving many diff erent stakeholders, both public and private....

Efficient licensing of intellectual property rights (IPR) is crucial for achieving broad and rapid diffusion of innovation. To ensure that Europe is well positioned in today's global competitive environment, unnecessary barriers in the market for IPR licensing need thus to be removed. This...